The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-03
SENATOR'S DEBATE.
TIE SUNDAY CIVIL BILL.
The SUI plus In tho Trcnsury-Ths Old Story
OF our Inadequate Navy and Defence.
less Coast st-seeds for Suffering Farm.
ers In TeIns-A Discussion,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The Senate To-
day resumed consideration Of the sundry
Civil bill. MIR. Allison, chairman Of the
Committee on Appropriations, said thai
the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Platt)
had inquired Of him yesterday whether o,
not there would BIO q surplus In the Treas
ury in case Congrees made appropriations
this session in, accordance with tho esti
mates OF the departments. In his (Mr.
Alllson's) deairoto complete the bill last
night he had failed to answer that inquiry
as fully as he might have done. The reg
ular. estimates OF the Departments as sub.
mitted blythe Secretary Of the Treasury
amounted lin round numbcrp) to $685..
100000. Since then there has been sup.
Elementary and other estimates amounting
TO q considerable sum. For example.
there was an estimate OF nearly S5,000.OOC
TO carry out the provisions OF the Mexican
pension bill. No estimate had been as yet
submitted as to the disabilities pension
bill which both houses had passed, bu,
which had not yet received the signature
OF the President. 1t was safe TO Gasume,
however, tina. seven or eight million dol.
lars would be required for that purpose,
30 that the tota! estimsteB for tho next
facal year (without including miscellan.
eous appropristions) amounted to
sS95, 100000. Judging from the es.
Inmates mado last year and from
the receipts up 10 the first ol
January last the receipts for the next
year including the estimated postal ~ '.
enue will be S4l0.0O0, GOO. making q sur
| plus OF Sl5 100000.
II Congress should deem 1t necessary to
cxpend larger sum than $5,000,00O fol
coast detenses that larger cum would in.
crease the estima'e5 beyond $685., 100000
and II We should appropriate moro than
$50, 100000 for the navy, that oysr-sppro.
priation must be added. .,.
PLATr ON THE eURpLus.
Mr.. Piatt-I am glad to havo listened to
this worry soothing exposition Of the pros
pectiye revenues and expenditures for the
next fiscal year. Now if We are not tc
have Tor the ne1t fiscal year q surplus ex.
ceedipg fifty millions, l want to be reck,
oned as an opponent OF any scheme that
will lessen that surplus, and I do not wan,
this Congress to adjourn until it has pro.
vided in some way that sum equal OF
nearly equal to S50,O00000 shall bo im.
mediately available to commence a system
OF coast defense.
think that Congress will be negligen!
Of its duty, will be Justly and severely
criticised by the people, ami will have ioi.
gotten the beet interests OF the country, il
it shall adjourn withou. having made such
a provision; and !, for ono, want to be
counted as an opponent OF any scheme
that will reduce the revenues OF this Gov.
eminent to point where there will not
bo plenty Of money to inaugurste and
carry on most vigorously thorough EYE.
tenn Of coast deiences. stS'4
A1r. Beck thought the Senator from
Iowa (Mr. Allison) was mistaken in his
estimatts Of expenditures. He thought
he could show that the eu.plus revenue
this year would be nearer pinety millions
than fifteen millions.
Mr.. Teller ssid that in ell calculations
as to revenue and Its reduction the Senate
should take into consideration and should
believe that the executive department Of
the Government would enforce the sur.
plue law. It WIS said that the country
was full Of complaints Gs to the great
amoult OF money coming into the Treag.
ury. Ho had heard NC compliant OF
that kind. He did not believe that
any considerable portion OF the people
were to-day complaining thst too much
| money IVES gcing into the Treasury. He
did not believe that ore percent of the
people Of the United Staten werN com.
planning OF the rates OF taxation eithsr on
imports or internal reYehue. But the
complaint wss that when this money came
into the Treasury it was locked up aud
Kept where tho public did not have the
use Of it, and that it ceased to hs OF any
practical benefit to tho people There
we.e plenty Of opportunities, wise oppor-
tunities 10 pay out Of tho Treasury
the excess OF revenue that was now there,
and sill that would come in the next year,
even il thereshould be asurplus OF ninety.
nine millions. 80
QUE NAVY (?)
A few days ago the Admiral of the
Navy had sent to a distinguished member
Of the House letter in which theastound.
ing statement was made that the United
States Government had got only one ship